Fire crews on Friday had extinguished all but 38 of the more than 2,000 blazes ignited over the past month, allowing most mandatory evacuations to be lifted so residents could return home for the weekend.

The teleconferencing industry has been growing steadily since 2000, but sweeping flight cutbacks this fall by many of the USA's biggest airlines, paired with rising airfares and the overall weak economy, are expected to fuel it further.

It's not easy raising a celebutante, Lionel Richie will tell you. The singer was accepting the Icon honor at Sunday night's taping of the TV Land Awards, when he get got applause and a laugh at daughter Nicole's expense.

It's not easy raising a celebutante, Lionel Richie will tell you. The singer was accepting the "Icon" honor at Sunday night's taping of the TV Land Awards, when he get got applause and a laugh at daughter Nicole's expense.